Manifolding sales-book.



No. 767,927. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904,

P. L. GOZZENS.

MANIPOLDING SALES BOOK. APPLICATION FILED mm: 4, 1903.

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A ENE Y PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

P. L. GOZZBNS. MANIPOLDING SALES BOOK.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 4, 1903.

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INVENTOF/ ENE) ITNESSES;

UNITED STATES Patented August 16, 190 1.

PERCY L. COZZENS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MANIFOLDING SALES-BOOK.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 767,927, datedAugust 16, 1904.

Application filed June 4:, 1903. Serial No. 160,078- (No modelfl I Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PERCY L. Cozznns, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, (Brooklyn,) in the county of Kings and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inManifolding Sales-Books; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to that class of memorand um sales-books in whichthe memorandum consisting of particulars of the sale, the address of thepurchaser, &c., are written on one leaf and transferred to a duplicateleaf by means of an interposed sheet of transfer-paper.

Heretofore it has not been possible to obtain in duplicate memorandumsales-books more than an original and a duplicate copy of the address ofa purchaser, whereas it is important and, indeed, quite necessary inmost cases that a greater number of copies of the address should beproduced for checking OE and recording in the various departments oflarge establishments.

The object of my invention is to provide a duplicate memorandumsales-book in which four copies of the address of a purchaser may beprocured at one writing.

The invention will be described in connection with the accompanyingdrawings and afterward particularly pointed out in the claims.

'In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofa memorandum sales-book made up of continuous or connected leaves usedin certain forms of memorandum-books and showing the invention appliedto this style of book; Fig. 2, a similar view, on an enlarged scale, ofa number of continuous leaves detached and showing clearly the positionof the additional address-slips and the arrangement of thetransfer-sheets for tudinal section of said detached leaves with thetransfer-sheets in position for producing duplicate copies of memorandaof a sale and quadruplicate copies of the address of the purchaser.

Referring to the drawings, A B are the stiff covers of abook which areconnected together by a flexible back l, so that the covers can beopened and closed in the usual manner.

D is an original leaf, and E a duplicate leaf, both of which are ruledwith lines for writing and columns for figures and also have printed onthem date-lines, numbers, and squares for various entries with printedheadings for each, the name of the firm, &c. Both original and duplicateleaves are divided transversely into two partsviz., the sales-slips a a,on which memoranda relating to the sale are written, and address-slipsZ) Z), on which the address of the purchaser is entered. Between theoriginal and duplicate sales-slips a a and the original and duplicateaddress-slips Z) 7) there are perforated lines (Z cl to facilitatetearing apart the sales and address slips after the entries are made andthe leaves detached from the book.

The improvements that form the subject of this application arerepresented in Figs. 1 and 2' applied to a book having the leaves formedin a continuous strip, with perforated lines between, on which they arefolded back and forth or in zigzag fashion. In this style of book theprinting is done on opposite sides of the original and duplicate leaves,so that when the original is folded over on top of the duplicate theprinted andruled sides of both will be uppermost and the printed matter,ruled lines, columns, date-lines, &c., will register properly. Betweenthe bottom edges of the original and duplicate leaves there is a sectionof paper equal, say, to twice the length of the address-slips. Thissection is folded inward on a middle perforated line a, and thus forms abellows fold F at the bottom of the book. By this means a triplicateslip f and quadruplicate g are formed, and these are printed and ruledto correspond to the address-slips on the original and duplicate leaves,and perforated lines a are made between the triplicate and quadruplicateslips f g and the original and duplicate slips 1; 7),

- memorandum has been made.

respectively, to facilitate tearing the slips apart. Like the originaland duplicate leaves the printing on the triplicate and quadruplicateaddress-slips is on opposite sides that is, the printed matter on thetriplicate f is on the side opposite to that of the originaladdress-slip Z) and the printed matter on the quadruplicate g is on thesame side as the original or opposite to that on the duplicate 6. Hencewhen the triplicate and quadruplicate are folded between theaddress-slips b 6 the printed surfaces of both are uppermost, as may beseen by the lower set of detached leaves in Fig. 2. The book composed ofthese continuous leaves is placed on one side of the cover, where it isheld at both ends under the spring-clamps Z m, which permit the foldedends of the original and duplicate leaves to be drawn out and torn offreadily, when they are to be detached after a A sheet of singlecarbon-paper G is attached to the book by the carbon-sheet holder 02,connected with the clamp Z. This sheet lies on top of the duplicate leafE and extends to the bottom, its lower part thus lying between theduplicate address-slip 7/ and the quadruplicate address-slip g, whileabove the address-slips it is between the original andv duplicatesalesslips. A short sheet of double carbon-paper H is attached to acarbon-holder 0 on the bottom clamp m and lies between the addresstriplicate and quadruplicate slips f g.

By the arrangement of the original and duplicate sales-slips and theoriginal, duplicate, triplicate, and quadruplicate address-slips and thesheets of single and double carbon-paper above described when amemorandum is made on the original sales-slip a it is transferred by thecarbon-sheet G to the duplicatesales-slip a, and when the address of theperson to whom the sale was made is written on the original address-slipI) it is transferred by the carbon-sheet G to the duplicate address-slip7/ and by the double carbon paper H to the under side of the triplicateaddress-slip f and to the upper side of the quadruplicate addressslip g.The paper of which the leaves of the book are made is transparent, sothat writing can be easily read through it. Hence as the address istransferred to the under side of the triplicate address-slip it isplainly visible and can be read through the paper with perfeet case.After the sales-memoranda and address have been written the duplicateleaf E is torn off from the succeeding original leaf D at the folded andperforated line it at the top, and then the original and duplicateaddress-slips are separated from the original and duplicate sales-slipsand finally separated from each other, one of the address-slips beingsent to the packing-room, another is sent for record in the deliverydepartment, and the other two are disposed of in the usual manner.

Figs. 3 and 4 show the improvements applied to a memorandum sales-book,in which each set I of original and duplicate leaves I) E is separatefrom the others and are bound together at the top by means of a stub Jat the head of the duplicate leaf. As in the case of the continuousbook, a section of paper is interposed between the original andduplicate.

leaves, which are each divided into sales-slips (b a and address-slips7) 7/, the same as the continuous leaves, and this section is divided toform tr. lllCiLllG and quadruplicate addressslips f g and turned inwardto form the bellows fold F. The single carbon-leaf Gr is bound to thestub at the top of the book by its upper end, and the short doublecarbonsheet H is bound by .:s lower end to a suitable holder at thebottom of the book and its free portion lies between the triplicate andquadruplicate address-slips f g.

1. A manifolding sales-book consisting of a nu nber 0'. sets eachcomprising a pair of original and duplicate leaves each leaf divided bya weakened line into two slips, and a corresponding number of sectionsone of which is IHiJGI'DOSGCl between corresponding slips of each pairof original and duplicate leaves each of these sections being composedof two slips divided i'iom each other by weakened lines said slips beingcoterminous with the said corresponding slips of the original andduplicate leaves, substantially as specified.

2. A manifolding sales-book consisting of a number of sets eachcomprising a pair of original and duplicate leaves each leaf divided bya weakened line into two slips, and a plurality of slips interposedbetween corresponding slips of each pair of original and duplicateleaves said plural slips being coterminous with the said correspondingslips of the original and duplicate leaves, substantially as specified.

A manifolding sales-book consisting of a strip of paperfolded zigzag toform a number of sets of leaves and a corresponding number of sectionsone of which is interposed between the leaves of each set each set ofleaves comprising a pair of original and duplicate leaves each leafdivided by a weakened line into two slips and each of the sections beingcomposed of two slips divided from each other and from the original andduplicateleaves by weakened lines said slips being coterminous with thecorresponding slips of the original and duplicate leaves, substantiallyas specified.

4. A manifolding sales-book consisting of a number of sets eachcomprising a pair of original and duplicate leaves each leaf divided bya weakened line into two slips, and a corresponding number of sectionsone of which is interposed between corresponding slips of each pair oforiginal and duplicate leaves each of these sections being composed oftwo slips divided from each other by weakened lines said slips beingcoterminous with the of the duplicate leaf, and a short doubletransfer-sheet inserted between the slips of the interposed section,substantially as specified.

5. A manifolding sales-book consisting of a number of sets eachcomprising a pair of original and duplicate leaves each leaf divided bya weakened line into two slips and a plurality of slips interposedbetween the corresponding slips of each pair of original and duplicateleaves said plural slips being coterminous with the said correspondingslips of the original and duplicate leaves, in combination with a singletransfer-sheet lying on top of a duplicate leaf and between theundermost interposed slip and the corresponding slip of the duplicateleaf, and a short double transfer-sheet inserted between the interposedslips, substantially as specified.

6. A manifolding sales-book consisting of a strip of paper folded zigzagto form a number of sets of leaves and a corresponding number ofsections one of which is interposed between the leaves of each set eachset of leaves comprising a pair of original and'duplicate leaves eachleaf divided by a weakened line into two slips, and each of the sectionsbeing composed of two slips divided from' each other by weakened linessaid slips being coterminous with the corresponding slips of theoriginal and duplicate leaves, in combination with a singletransfer-sheet lying on top of a duplicate leaf and between thelowermost slip of the interposed section and the corresponding slip ofthe duplicate leaf, and a short double transfer-sheet inserted betweenthe slips of theinterposed section, substantially as specified' 7. Inmemorandum sales-books the combination of original and duplicate leaveshaving address-slips thereon, and a section of paper interposed betweenthe original and duplicate leaves divided into two parts bya perforatedfolding-line said section being folded inward between the original andduplicate addressslips, a single transfer-sheet fastened at one end andlying on top of the duplicate leaf and under the lowermost of theadditional address-slips, and a double transfer-sheet fastened at oneend and projecting between theinfolded additional address-slips,substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I aifix mysignature in presence of I Tnos. J. RED'MoND, KATHARINE A. WARING.

